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. 2019 Nov 4;44(2):109–125. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkz080

Table V.

Comparisons of IA Responses to Confirmation Analyses (LC–MS-MS) in Urine Specimens Following Administration of Oral and Vaporized CBD and CBD-dominant Cannabis

Urine ∆9-THCCOOH IA
(cutoff = 20 ng/mL) vs
∆9-THCCOOH LC–MS-MS (confirmation = 15 ng/mL)
Urine ∆9-THCCOOH IA
(cutoff = 50 ng/mL) vs
∆9-THCCOOH LC–MS-MS (confirmation = 15 ng/mL)
Urine ∆9-THCCOOH IA
(cutoff = 100 ng/mL) vs
∆9-THCCOOH LC–MS-MS (confirmation = 15 ng/mL)
100-mg oral CBD
#True positive (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
#True negative (%) 109 (99.1) 110 (100.0) 110 (100.0)
#False positive (%) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
#False negative (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Sensitivity (%) 0 0 0
Specificity (%) 99.1 100.0 100.0
Agreement (%) 99.1 100.0 100.0
100-mg Vaporized CBD
#True positive (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
#True negative (%) 108 (100.0) 108 (100.0) 108 (100.0)
#False positive (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
#False negative (%) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Sensitivity (%) 0 0 0
Specificity (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agreement (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0
Vaporized cannabis (100-mg CBD/3.7-mg THC)
#True positive (%) 4 (3.7) 2 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
#True negative (%) 99 (91.7) 104 (96.3) 104 (96.3)
#False positive (%) 5 (4.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
#False negative (%) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.9) 4 (3.7)
Sensitivity (%) 100.0 50.0 0
Specificity (%) 95.2 100.0 100.0
Agreement (%) 95.4 98.1 96.3